Commentary on Viewpoint: Use of mean airspace chord length to assess emphysema [17]

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1983-1984

  Rossiter, Harry B ^b   Breen, Ellen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; EMPHYSEMA; LETTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG STRUCTURE; LUNG VOLUME; MEAN AIRSPACE CHORD LENGTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; ALGORITHM; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 57349091195     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.vpcomm.zdg-8294.2008     Document Type: Letter

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